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Product Names

When using MongoDB product names and showing version numbers, use the following guidelines:

Guideline
Example

Spell out and properly capitalize MongoDB product and service names.

  • Atlas

  • Compass

Don't include "MongoDB" in a title unless the page is a product landing page.

Use the full MongoDB product name on the first mention in the body text. Subsequent mentions may use the product name without MongoDB.

Landing page or first mention
All other mentions

MongoDB Atlas

Atlas

MongoDB BI Connector

BI Connector

MongoDB Cloud Manager

Cloud Manager

MongoDB Ops Manager

Ops Manager

MongoDB Cloud Manager and Ops Manager

Cloud Manager and Ops Manager

MongoDB Compass

Compass

MongoDB Realm

Realm

MongoDB Spark Connector

Spark Connector

You can refer to some products generically after using the product name.

You can refer to the MongoDB Agent as simply the agent.

Don't capitalize an item that a user creates through a MongoDB service.

Users leverage Atlas to create a:

  • database, not a Database.

  • cluster, not a Cluster.

Don't abbreviate MongoDB names, unless the Legal and Marketing departments have approved.

Never abbreviate S3 Snapshot Store as SSS.

Don't use MongoDB names in the possessive form.

Don't write MongoDB's features, but features of MongoDB Community.

Don't use MongoDB names as part of a contraction.

Don't write MongoDB's available, but MongoDB is available.

Use full, three-digit version numbers when referring to a specific release or feature. Use the two-digit release series when referring to a common feature.

Ops Manager 4.2.13 supports queryable restores for MongoDB 4.2 deployments.

Use
Don't use

Use Atlas to create a cluster.

Use Atlas to create a Cluster.

Use Ops Manager to create users.

Use MOM to create Users.

You can add collections to a database.

You can add MongoDB Collections to a MongoDB Database.

Atlas supports MongoDB 4.0 or later.

MDB4 is supported.

When using third-party company and product names, use the name as it's used by the third-party. For a list of commonly used third-party names, see Copyrights and Trademarks.